Trump: Toward War in the Middle East

The United States is at war in Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan, Libya, Yemen, and
possibly soon in Iran as well.

Donald Trump has also sided with Saudi Arabia in its bloodless
conflict with Qatar. The Saudi Arabia-Qatar standoff is no less serious
than the other hot wars. The two countries are extremely wealthy and influential
in the Middle East and worldwide.

Trump’s recent visit to Saudi Arabia played a role in encouraging the Saudis
in their hardcore position against Qatar. Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirate
have made 13
demands that Qatar must meet. The demands would make Qatar into a veritable
satellite of Saudi Arabia. This conflict, too, can evolve into a bloody war.

The Middle East is in turmoil since the United States invaded Iraq in 2003.
The invasion was designed to increase U.S. influence in the Middle East and
intimidate countries in the region to toe the line. The goals of the invasion
were to secure the oil wells to the benefit of the West under US leadership;
ensure the safety of our allies such as Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and Israel;
and decimate the Iraqi army once and for all to stop Saddam Hussein’s aggressive
behavior in the region.

The United States, the world’s only superpower, used brutal force against a
developing country. Washington also used sophisticated psychological and logistical
tools to portray the Iraqi army as the world’s second largest to exaggerate
its menace to the region and build up Saddam Hussein’s perception of invincibility
to the level where he began to believe it. The United States also gave Hussein
permission to invade Kuwait by informing him that the US had no treaty to defend
the Gulf state. Saddam was too stupid to see the hole the United States was
digging for him, and he crawled right in.

Now comes President Donald Trump. His policies for the Middle East are similar
to those of the previous two administrations but on steroids. Trump has already
escalated the wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, and Yemen. When Trump sends
his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, to solve the seventy-year-old Palestinian-Israeli
conflict, Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu cannot hide his happiness with
the appointment. The Democrats and the media are too busy with election results,
hacking, and the Russian probe to pay much attention to Middle East policy,
with one exception – Israel.

Recently the Senate bowed to the wishes of Israel lobbyists and passed a bill
putting more sanctions
against Iran by a vote of 98 to 2. Further, a potential war
with Iran is brewing. The points of conflicts
are multiplying: particularly in Syria over the country’s sovereignty, the
future of Raqqa, and freedom of movement in the sky. Iran wants to keep its
influence in the region. Israel, along some members of the Trump administration
and Congress, want the United States to do to Iran what it did to Iraq: put
someone in charge of Iran who is more friendly to both the United States and
Israel. A further goal is to splinter Iran and establish mini-states as the
US has facilitated in Iraq, Libya, and Syria.

Consider what’s going on in Raqqa, the presumed capital of the Islamic State
(or ISIS) and the last real estate it controls. The battle there has produced
a “staggering loss of civilian life,” according to the UN, and displaced 160,000
civilians. In Mansoura, in the west of Syria, one
airstrike alone by the U.S.-led coalition killed 200 civilians when it struck
a school.

The people of Middle East – and their mostly corrupt governments – face daunting
challenges. They must deal with a youth bubble, unemployment, religious
strife, and an educational system still struggling with pre-modern technology.
Some of these challenges are due to foreign interventions. Their local governments
are also to blame. As long as the region must contend with periodic invasions
that upend the social, economic and religious order, the local population will
not see any progress any time soon.

The United States faces monumental tasks both domestically and in foreign policy.
By staying out of the conflicts in the Middle East, however, the United States
can benefit both American citizens and the citizens of those distant lands.

Hillary loudly proclaimed she’d take us into those wars, boasted that she did in Libya, pushed it in Syria and Ukraine, and tried to lie about doing it in Iraq.

Trump let us think he was different about that. Then the national security apparatus got hold of him, and the need to win approval as a “real President” and he has proved too weak to resist.

But these are The Hillary Wars she intended and openly promised, that he has not stopped. It is not just a case of him wanting war. That misses what is happening.

smithleeroy21

I happened upon this article. I must say that I have never seen or heard of a website that is more “anti american” than “anti war”. You people are out in left field way out. Study your history. Wars have been around for thousands off years. They will be around for whatever time this planet has left. If you think you are going to win everyone over to your way of thinking, you have consumed too much “funny coolaid”.

Harold Smith

So what’s your point? From the safety and security of your Mother’s basement, war is a good thing? And how did you “happen upon” antiwar.com?